Carsten, Sunday, September 14, 2003, 12:45:58 AM, you wrote:
CT> * Thomas Fernandez writes: CT> You could see it just the other way: dial-up users are people with a CT> poorly configured OS', many of them don't even know what a Service CT> Pack or Security Update is. Some of us are stuck with dial-up because there are no other options where we live. Nonetheless, we do keep up to date with service patches, virus definition files, etc., even though the downloads are slow. CT> It is not important for how long one is online. It needs seconds to CT> implant malware (maybe a remote control tool, communicating via IRC CT> and disabling a desktop firewall) through the well known security CT> holes of an unpatched system. I agree. Zone Alarm has sometimes warned of scans within seconds of logging on. They were obviously scanning blocks of addresses, but without ZA or some other firewall I would have been vulnerable. I get anywhere from 2 - 10 alerts when I'm connected, which is usually 15 - 45 minutes per connection. ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
